Re: getting the ER TC going

[Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>]

On 22 Nov 2000, Terry Allen wrote:

> Lauren asked:

> Unfortunately I'll miss the Monday call, and so far I'm not
> going to be in D.C.

Oh well. Anybody else volunteer?

> | Anyway, getting to my questions. The entity resolution TC will have 
> | its first phone call next week. The chair position is settled (me). 
> | 
> | 1) If I read Robert's right, we also need a secretary, and election of 
> | the secretary is the first order of business - is this correct?
> 
> I suppose the absolutely first order of business is for the chair
> verify that there is a quorum and if there is to call the meeting 
> to order.  But yes, you need minutes so you need to get the
> secretary chosen so you can start recording them. 

OK, so far so good.

> | 2) I also have an editor lined up - we don't say anything in our 
> | process about how editors of specs get chosen, and Robert's 
> | doesn't either. So should there, or must there, be an election?
> 
> If our process doesn't say, I guess it's up to the TC to decide
> how to agree with your choice.

OK.

> | 3) Does subscribing to the mail list automatically notify the chair of 
> | intention to attend the first meeting, or does this notification have to 
> | be separate? I guess it has to be separate, since in the section 
> | under TC visibility we say people can subscribe to the general list 
> | without being members of the TC. 
> 
> Right.
> 
> | Since I missed this, and didn't 
> | remind people subscribed to the mailing list to send me email 
> | saying they want to be members 15 days before the first meeting, 
> | do I now have to postpone the first meeting since I have nobody 
> | who sent me that specific email? Or can I ignore the 15 day 
> | requirement, since all people who are subscribed did so at least 15 
> | days before the meeting. (On another note, is the system already 
> | in place to stop people who aren't members posting to the general 
> | list?)
> 
> I missed the part where we pledged to attend meetings and were approved 
> as a TC.  Are we at the optional first step:

No, we're at the actual TC step. We had enough people to skip the 
optional discussion step, so we're at the formal beginning. I guess 
if we have to, we could treat Monday's call as not being the formal 
"first meeting" to give people the 15 days to notify me that they 
wish to be considered members; this would obey the process but I 
would rather make that phone call the real first meeting if I can.


Lauren